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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who questions Cottard?
(a) Inspector Clouseau.
(b) A public health official.
(c) The police inspector.
(d) M. Tarrou.

2. Where is this information to be found?
(a) On walls, as graffiti.
(b) In Tarrou's journal.
(c) In the newspapers.
(d) On walls, as in public notices.

3. Why does Rieux ask Tarrou to do this?
(a) Because he doesn't speak English.
(b) Because he is too busy to do it himself.
(c) Because he has terrible handwriting.
(d) Because he wants to write an article about it for the Medical Journal.

4. The narrator tells us that the city is:
(a) Exciting and vibrant.
(b) Needs better design.
(c) Modern.
(d) Boring.

5. What sight disturbs Rieux as he drives home?
(a) A woman carrying a dead rat that is bleeding horribly.
(b) A woman throwing dead rats in litter bins.
(c) A woman screaming in agony and dripping blood.
(d) People attacking a screaming woman who is covered in blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a symptom of the plague?

2. An unusual thing about the city is that:

3. Who is the first victim of the plague?

4. How does the Spaniard spend his days?

5. How many people have contracted the disease and recovered?

(see the answer key)

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